Today in History
Summary
June 24 marks the anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo, a pivotal event in European history where Napoleon Bonaparte's forces were defeated by a coalition of British and Prussian troops led by the Duke of Wellington and Field Marshal Gebhard von Blücher. The battle, fought on June 18, 1815, led to Napoleon's exile and the end of the Napoleonic Wars, reshaping the European continent's politics and landscape.
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